Welcome to this bonus edition of the Daily Article podcast.

Today's bonus podcast is titled Mustard Donuts and a Hot Air Balloon Restaurant.

It is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins.

I had no idea that August 6 is National Mustard Day.

As it turns out, August 6 is also National Fresh

Breath Day, National Root Beer Float Day, and National Wiggle Your Toes Day. But none of them are

being celebrated with mustard donuts. French's, the mustard company, has unveiled what Yahoo

Yahoo Finance describes as a reimagined

classic glazed donut with a sweet and savory yellow mustard coating that's topped with a mustard

cake crumble. I'm sorry, but none of that is remotely appealing to me. But this is, when a couple in

Virginia retired, they sold their house

and most of their belongings and are now living on cruise ships. They explain that they have a small

condominium in Florida, so when we get too old to cruise, we have somewhere to live. In the

meantime, they are spending as much time as possible sailing around the world.

As a long-time fan of cruises, and Alaska is my favorite, this seems like a terrific idea.

This, however, does not.

A company has created the world's only hot air balloon restaurant.

I'm sure the food is terrific and the views are amazing, but I'm not a fan of heights.

When I get on an airplane, I try for an aisle seat where I can read the entire time while pretending we're still on the ground.

Here's what all these stories have in common.

They illustrate the entrepreneurial spirit that drives so much innovation and progress in human society. I would never have thought of

combining mustard and donuts, living full-time on a cruise ship, or eating in a hot air balloon. I would

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